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- This invention relates to the characterizing of a multi-component substance, for facilitating assessment of the utility of the substance, and to the handling of such substances in bulk form.
- multi-component substance is meant herein those substances which have more than one molecular species and have properties determined by the sum of constituent components, such as chemical and structural components. In this context, different crystal structures of the same molecule constitute distinct molecular species. Typically, the relative proportions of the components would vary and indeed the substance to be characterized, and perhaps handled, would normally be one member of a large set of multi-component substances having identifiable common properties and a generic name, conveniently referred to herein as a "class”, for example coal, shale, oil, soil, ores of specific metals, plant or animal tissues, glass, rubber, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals and specific classes of foodstuffs.
- class for example coal, shale, oil, soil, ores of specific metals, plant or animal tissues, glass, rubber, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals and specific classes of foodstuffs.
- the characterization of a multi-component substance for facilitating assessment of the utility of the substance or for handling of the substance (e.g. by way of blend control or sorting), is typically by reference to the values of a number of parameters selected in accordance with the intended utility.
- it has been necessary to apply a wide range of analytical or other techniques to determine the values of the selected parameters For example, in the case of coal, where exact characterization has become essential to ensure tight control over raw materials for highly sensitive end-use processes, it is necessary by separate experiment to determine the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur contents and the volatile components of the organic material in the coal, as well as the inorganic constituents which make up the mineral matter or ash of the coal.
- the invention entails a novel extension of the techniques of factor analysis, with surprising effects in terms of correlation and predictability.
- the factor loadings obtained by factor analysis of a large set of data points obtained from measurements on multiple standard samples, are correlated directly with known values of selected parameters of the samples, for example by multiple linear regression.
- parameters may be, e.g. physical properties and/or chemical compositions. It is surprisingly found that good correlations can be established, and it is then possible to use the derived regression coefficients to calculate reliable predicted values of the respective parameters for unknown samples. As a result, it is possible to greatly reduce the number of expensive instruments, the number of trained operators, and the time required to characterise unknown samples.
- the invention accordingly provides, in a first aspect, a method of characterizing a substance, being one member of a class of multi-component substances, by reference to at least one selected parameter, for facilitating assessment of the utility of the substance, comprising:
- test sample of the substance subjecting a test sample of the substance to a series of measurements which provide multiple data points influenced by the selected parameter(s), and determining from the data points the factor loadings for the test sample of each of multiple pre-determined abstract factors;
- regression coefficients have been determined by correlating known values of one or more selected parameters for standard characterized samples of each of multiple substances of said class, with factor loadings derived by factor analysis of multiple data points which were obtained by subjecting the standard characterized samples to said series of measurements, and wherein said abstract factors are those derived by said factor analysis.
- the invention also affords apparatus for characterizing a substance, being one member of a class of multi-component substances, by reference to at least one selected parameter, for facilitating assessment of the utility of the substance, comprising:
- measurement means to subject a test sample of the substance to a series of measurements which provide multiple data points influenced by the selected parameter(s);
- regression coefficients have been determined by correlating known values of one or more selected parameters for standard characterized samples of each of multiple substances of said class, with factor loadings derived by factor analysis of multiple data points which were obtained by subjecting the standard characterized samples to said series of measurements, and wherein said abstract factors are those derived by said factor analysis.
- the series of measurements to which the test sample and the standard samples are subjected may comprise continuous or discontinuous measurements obtained by various spectroscopy methods, for example visible, infra-red or Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, by X-ray diffraction, or by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or other methods which provide a large number of measurements which vary with the chemical and/or structural make-up of the samples.
- various spectroscopy methods for example visible, infra-red or Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, by X-ray diffraction, or by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or other methods which provide a large number of measurements which vary with the chemical and/or structural make-up of the samples.
- the class of multi-component substances will typically comprise substances having substantial similarities and may be selected from the group including coal, shale, oil, soil, ores of specific metals, plant or animal tissues, glass, rubber, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals and specific classes of foodstuffs. It will be appreciated that test samples which differ significantly from the standard samples will generally produce a result which is not entirely satisfactory, for example, the properties of a brown coal will not generally be estimated correctly when the abstract factors and regression coefficients used were determined from a group of coking coals.
- Said determining storing and utilizing means may comprise a programmed computer.
- the invention affords a method of handling, as bulk material, a substance which is one member of a class of multi-component substances have identifiable common properties, comprising:
- regression coefficients have been determined by correlating known values of one or more selected parameters for standard characterized samples of each of multiple substances of said class, with factor loadings derived by factor analysis of multiple data points which were obtained by subjecting the standard characterized samples to said series of measurements, and wherein said abstract factors are those derived by said factor analysis.
- the invention also provides apparatus for handling, as bulk material, a substance which is one member of a class of multi-component substances have identifiable common properties, comprising:
- regression coefficients have been determined by correlating known values of one or more selected parameters for standard characterized samples of each of multiple substances of said class, with factor loadings derived by factor analysis of multiple data points which were obtained by subjecting the standard characterized samples to said series of measurements, and wherein said abstract factors are those derived by said factor analysis.
- test samples may be overlapping, juxtaposed or spaced apart, and may be portions of a stream of the substance or may be diverted samples.
- the invention may be applied to the characterization or handling of a coal or metal ore of unknown composition and properties, utilizing one or more Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra as the aforesaid series of measurements.
- FTIR Fourier transform infrared
- the selected parameters characterizing the coal may comprise, for example, mean maximum vitrinite reflectance, volatile matter content, hydrogen content, fluidity and Hardgrove grindability index.
- the method of the invention has particular utility where the information obtained from the measurements and the desired parameters to be determined are both strongly related to a common set of fundamental chemical and structural constituents of the substance, although such relationship may not be apparent, and there may be no obvious direct relationship between the measurement technique and the parameters.
- the accuracy and precision of the predicted value of a desired parameter depends upon the strength of these relationships and upon the range of standard samples which have been used to derive the regression coefficients.
- the accuracy and precision of the derivation of the regression coefficients may be improved by examining which of the many data points obtained by the series of measurements have the highest information content with respect to the parameter of interest and which measurements contribute noise. Those measurements which contribute more noise than information may then be discarded before factor analysis is undertaken. In general terms, all measurements may be weighted in importance in proportion to the sign and magnitude of their information to noise ratio with respect to the parameter of interest before factor analysis is undertaken. Similarly, the abstract factors and associated loadings may be examined for information to noise ratio with respect to each of the parameters of interest and may be discarded and eliminated from the analysis process and/or the regression progress.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of iron ore blending plant in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart setting forth both the principal and preferred steps of the inventive process
- FIG. 3 is a diagram similar to FIG. 1 of diverter plant controlled according to the invention.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 comprise correlation curves for chemical analysis (FIG. 4) and petrographic and ash analysis (FIG. 5) of a coal blend, plotted as the measured value against the value calculated from the respective regression equation.
- iron ore is often sold on the basis of its iron (Fe) content. If the Fe content falls below a specified level, penalty payments are incurred. If, however, the iron content rises significantly above the specified level, then valuable material is shipped without the supplier receiving payment. It is thus important to blend iron ore to a specified Fe content.
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- FIG. 1 schematically depicts a typical blending arrangement 10 for obtaining, e.g. a 62% Fe blend.
- Low grade and high grade ores (respectively 55-60% and 60-65% Fe) are delivered from respective hoppers 12, 13 via vibratory feeders 14, 15 and separate belt conveyors 16, 17 to blending plant comprising a hopper 18.
- the blend is periodically scanned by an FTIR monitor 22 as it is carried away on a further belt conveyor 20.
- the monitor output is delivered to a process control computer 24 which, in accordance with the invention, derives successive predictions of the Fe content of the blend.
- test samples of the blend comprising FTIR- scanned portions, give rise to successive comparisons in response to which the proportions are controlled.
- the test samples may be overlapping, juxtaposed or spaced apart, and may be samples diverted from the conveyed stream: the monitoring may be continuous or at intervals.
- a suitable FTIR monitor 22 is a Nicolet MX-1E FTIR spectrometer.
- Computer 24 is conveniently a Hewlett Packard HP 1000 series F minicomputer, operating in FORTRAN 77 under RTE-6/VM, but advances in microcomputer technology may allow programs to be run in very much smaller and cheaper computers. About 400 kilobytes of RAM and 2 megabytes of hard disk are required for a calibration set of up to 200 samples. If the factor analysis is carried out on a separate computer, then only the correlation equations need be stored, together with a program for determining factor loadings of spectra of unknown samples. In this case a microcomputer with about 256 kilobytes of RAM is required.
- a small FTIR spectrometer, or possibly a dispersive instrument equipped with digital calibration output, together with a relatively inexpensive microcomputer will be sufficient for many quality control applications.
- Sample sets for calibration may be broad, in order to provide semi-quantitative information about widely different samples, or may be restricted in order to give quantitative results of comparable quality to that of conventional methods on more consistent sample sets.
- the chief advantage of the method is that a number of properties can be estimated simultaneously in the time taken to obtain an FTIR spectrum and to process the data.
- segment 32 is preliminary analysis utilizing the FTIR spectra of standard characterized samples of each of multiple substances of the relevant class, in this case the class of iron ores.
- Segement 34 examines the successive spectra for the unknown ore (the blend passing monitor 22) and utilizes results from the preliminary analysis to derive a predicted value, a good estimate, of Fe content for the blend.
- spectra of standard blends are transferred from the FTIR instrument to disk files (40) in ASCII format. If diffuse reflectance (DR) rather than transmission spectra are obtained, they are treated by program 42 to linearize the spectra. Spectra may be plotted on a visual display unit (44) and/or plotter (45) using program 46. Step 48 directs standard sample spectra for merging by program 50 and storage in a random access binary data file 52.
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- file 52 The contents of file 52 are subject to a factor analysis by program 54 which can select subsets of the data and which produces two output files--factor loadings (56) and the inverses of the primary eigenvalues (58).
- File 56 is read by a program 60 which outputs a Mahalanobis distance statistic 61 from each sample in the calibration set. These are used to identify samples with a high degree of uniqueness, which can then be eliminated from the factor analysis.
- File 56 is also utilized, along with original data file 52, to produce (53) a file 62 containing the derived abstract factors.
- the measured values of various properties for the standard characterized samples, the calibration set, including particular selected property in this case, Fe content, are input at keyboards 64 and stored in file 66.
- File 66 is merged at 68 with the file 56 of factor loadings in a format suitable for multiple linear regression analysis (70) which outputs regression statistics 72, a file 74 of regression coefficients and a file 76 of residuals.
- File 76 is merged at 78 with the original keyed-in data (file 66) to allow plotting (79) of measured properties against values predicted by the regression equation.
- a spectrum for an unknown blend is taken up by program 80 which also uses files 58, 62 (respectively the inverses of the primary eigenvalues and the abstract factors) to calculate the factor loadings for each abstract factor needed to produce the spectrum, i.e. the factor loadings for the sampled portion of the unknown blend of each of the multiple pre-determined abstract factors. These loadings are stored in a file 82. Program 80 also utilizes the file 74 of pre-determined regression coefficients to calculate from the factor loadings a predicted value (83) for the selected parameter - Fe content.
- the predicted value is compared (84) with related programmed set points comprising an optimum value (here, 62% Fe content) and/or an acceptable deviation range. If outside, instruction signals are transmitted for controlled adjustment of one or both feeders 14, 15 to adjust the Fe content of the blend.
- the reproduced spectrum is saved (81) for later plotting by program 46 on the same axes as the original spectrum, thus providing a visual indication of goodness of fit.
- a statistical measure of the quality of the prediction may be achieved by program 86 which outputs 95% confidence intervals.
- the factor analysis program may comprise FACTANAL, or one of a number of commercially available factor analysis packages (e.g. BMDP, SAS) suitably modified to take account of the number of samples and the number of measurements taken for each sample.
- FACTANAL is available from Program 320 Quantitative Chemistry Program Exchange, Indiana. University, Bloomington, Ind., U.S.A.
- the multiple linear regression 70 may be carried out by means of the JSTAT software package (J. J. Deakin, JSTAT statistical computer program package, available through HP1000 Users' Group).
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a further embodiment of the invention.
- manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ) ore can be used for metallurgical purposes or for battery making depending on the molecular structure of the mineral phases present. Battery grade material is considerably more valuable.
- An FTIR spectrometer interfaced to a computer, equipped with software generally functioning according to the flow chart of FIG. 2, may be used to automatically divert run-of-mine ore to either a battery grade stockpile or a metallurgical grade stockpile using a correlation derived from battery tests of the ore. Simultaneously, the amount of gangue in the ore may be estimated and high gangue material diverted to a third stockpile for beneficiation or waste.
- battery activity is repeatedly measured from prescribed large batches by manufacturing and discharging a small battery under standard conditions.
- run-of-mine MnO 2 ore is delivered from a hopper 90 along belt conveyor 92 to a diverter shute 94 with three selectively controllable gates 96, 97, 98 respectively to stockpiles for vernadite-rich battery active ore 100, pyrolusite-rich metallurgical grade ore 102, and to waste or beneficiation 104 in the case of low grade ore.
- Controller 95 for the gates is managed by a process control computer 93 which receives spectra from a FTIR monitor 91 periodically scanning ore on conveyor 92.
- the computer is programmed to periodically estimate battery activity and gangue content for the ore from the FTIR spectra, to compare the estimates with various pre-programmed set points, and, responsive to the outcome of the comparisons, to determine through which gate the related batch ore is despatched.
- the standard characterized samples utilized to obtain the data points for factor analysis comprised a wide variety of 43 international coals used in commercial coke making and obtained from a number of countries.
- Each series of measurements comprised an FTIR spectrum, obtained by the alkali halide pellet technique.
- a sample of ground air-dried coal was added to a known amount of high purity caesium iodide in the agate capsule of a small vibratory mill. The mixture was milled, after which two pellets were pressed. Two hundred and seventy interferograms were signal-averaged and a primary spectrum then obtained, by Fourier transformation in the wavenumber range 4800-225 cm -1 , from which a reference spectrum of caesium iodide was subtracted to yield the coal spectrum. The instrument was continually purged with dry nitrogen. Spectra were obtained for both pellets and each coal was measured in duplicate giving a total of four standard spectra for each coal. Spectra were normalized to a selected coal concentration and the four spectra for each coal were averaged.
- FTIR spectra obtained in like manner from suitably prepared test samples of 14 unknown coals or coal blends were then obtained.
- Factor loadings for the test samples of each of the derived factors were determined and regression coefficients, obtained by the multiple linear regression, utilized to calculate predicted values for each of the abovementioned parameters.
- the predicted values were correct to the accuracy expected from the standard error of estimate found for the linear regression obtained for the known standard samples in most cases.
- the invention may be utilized to predict the properties of cokes made under standard conditions, from a number of coals.
- a surprising correlation was obtained for the microstrength index (MSI 600 ) of individual cokes made from 13 of the aforedescribed standard coals, together with 10 further cokes made from various blends of those 13 coals. These 23 coals and blends were subjected to factor analysis separately in the region 3100 to 2800 wavenumbers as before and it was found that seven abstract factors were required. Correlations were found with microstrength index and with various coke strength parameters, and with coke reactivity properties. Thus, knowledge of the infrared spectrum of the coal was able to give useful information about properties of the coke derived from that coal.
- Example 2 The steps of Example 1 were repeated except that, in this case, the spectral region selected for factor analysis was 2100 to 300 wavenumbers and comprised 1867 data points. 26 abstract factors proved necessary.
- the factor loadings for each of the coals were then related to measured coal properties using multiple linear regression methods as before, producing several close correlations. In the cases of some parameters, the correlation coefficient was markedly better than in Example 1, indicating that the choice of spectral region influences the accuracy achievable with predictions of a particular parameter.
- Table 2 The results are set out in Table 2, in which both coefficients of determination and standard derivations are provided for each parameter for which a correlation was attempted.
- FIG. 4 shows the correlations for chemical analysis plotted as the measured value against the value calculated from the respective regression equation.
- FIG. 5 shows similar plots of the correlations for petrographic and ash analysis.
- the factor analysis technique was also applied to manganese dioxide ore, bauxite and diesel fuel.
- Different regions of the FTIR spectrum were chosen for each material with a view to including information on all major molecular structures present in the sample. These regions were, for manganese ore 822-320 cm -1 (549 calibration points), for bauxite 1800-200 cm -1 (1659 calibration points) and for diesel fuel 3100-2800 cm -1 (311 calibration points).
- the results are given in Table 3. Again, close correlations were obtained with a wide variety of measured properties.
- the calibration sets especially that for diesel fuels, were rather smaller than would be used in practice and improvements in correlations could be expected if more samples were included in the base calibration set.
- the correlations obtained illustrate the advantage of this technique for the rapid characterization of materials.
- the battery activity of manganese dioxide ore is routinely measured by a time-consuming method which involves preparation and discharge of a small battery under controlled conditions.
- Table 5 summarizes the results. Best results for the A and C coals were obtained with a calibration set consisting of all 90 calibration samples. A root mean square (RMS) difference between the measured and predicted results of 0.43% for ash was obtained. This result is approximately the error inherent in the ash measurement by combustion, and indicates that the FTIR method could produce results of the quality of conventional measurements, but in a much shorter time. Specific energy could not be estimated with the full calibration set because measured values were not available for the fine (F) samples. However, it could be estimated, with an RMS difference of 0.11 MJ/kg, for the combined A and C unknown samples using the A and C calibration set. The differences between measured and predicted values, when the other calibration sets were used, are consistent with the quality of the correlations as given in Table 4.
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TABLE 1 ______________________________________ Coal Property Correlation Coefficient ______________________________________ Reflectance (Ro max) 0.99 Volatile Matter (db %) 0.99 Hydrogen (db %) 0.92 Carbon (db %) 0.87 Ash (db %) 0.78 Specific Energy (MJ kg-1, db) 0.82 Fluidity (log F max) 0.92 Hardgrove Grindability Index 0.97 ______________________________________
TABLE 2 __________________________________________________________________________ No. of terms Coefficient No. of No. of Range of in regression of determination Standard Property samples factors values equation (R.sup.2) deviation __________________________________________________________________________ CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Carbon (wt %, db) 43 26 70.9-86.9 17 0.990 0.39 Organic 43 26 4.20-5.73 12 0.936 0.12 hydrogen (wt %, db) Oxygen (wt %, dmmf, 43 26 2.11-8.30 11 0.957 0.41 by diff.) Nitrogen (wt %, db) 43 26 0.96-2.37 10 0.907 0.09 Total Sulphur 43 26 0.25-2.33 9 0.868 0.10 (wt %, db) Volatile matter 43 26 17.2-42.3 11 0.975 0.96 (wt %, db) Mineral matter 43 26 2.8-17.0 9 0.973 0.54 (wt %, db) Ash (wt %, db) 43 26 2.5-16.2 14 0.985 0.42 Specific energy 43 26 29.58-35.10 7 0.935 0.39 (MJ/kg, db) Fluidity 29 11 0-4 2 0.251 0.93 (Log Fmax) Hardgrove grin- 30 12 49-99 3 0.847 6.0 dability indexPETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Vitrinite 42 26 0.76-1.72 15 0.988 0.04 reflectance (Ro max) Vitrinite 43 26 36.6-81.4 8 0.905 4.1 (vol %) Inertinite 43 26 2.0-56.6 10 0.919 4.0 (vol %) Exinite 43 26 0.0-16.8 11 0.935 1.4 (vol %) __________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 3 __________________________________________________________________________ Range of No. of terms in Coefficient of Standard values regression equation determination (R.sup.2) deviation __________________________________________________________________________ BAUXITE (37 samples, 16 factors, 1236-229 cm.sup.-1) Total alumina 17-54 6 0.975 1.8 Extractable alumina 7-46 2 0.978 1.9 Total silica 1-24 12 0.987 0.7 % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 12-60 5 0.977 2.8 Ignition loss 4-29 4 0.938 1.9 Total carbon 0.15-0.64 11 0.893 0.04 MANGANESE DIOXIDE ORE (22 samples, 12 factors, 822-320 cm.sup.-1) Battery activity 70-120 6 0.892 4.7 % Manganese 44-57 4 0.955 0.82 % Iron 1-7 9 0.962 0.39 % Silica 1-13 7 0.962 0.61 % Alumina 1-7 3 0.821 0.43 % Magnesia 0-1 4 0.957 0.06 DIESEL FUEL (17 samples, 7 factors, 3100-2800 cm.sup.-1) API gravity 32.4-38.4 6 0.968 0.41 Cetane Index 46.6-53.0 7 0.979 0.43 __________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 4 __________________________________________________________________________ Ash Specific energy No. of terms in (wt %, db) (MJ/kg, db) regression equation Coefficient Coefficient Calibration set No. of Specific of determination Standard of determination Standard (No. of samples) factors Ash energy (R.sup.2) deviation (R.sup.2) deviation __________________________________________________________________________ A, C, F (90) 33 16 -- 0.997 0.67 ND ND A, C (60) 23 13 13 0.997 0.23 0.995 0.10 A (30) 13 5 3 0.948 0.25 0.870 0.13 C (30) 11 5 5 0.984 0.37 0.969 0.19 F (30) 13 5 -- 0.987 1.10 ND ND __________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 5 ______________________________________ Summary of results for the characterization of unknown A, C and F-grade coals from a single coalmine, using correlations obtained from factor analysis of FTIR spectra. -A = A-grade coal (ash 12-15%, db), C = C-grade coal (ash 16-25%, db), F = fine material (ash >25%, db). RMS Difference Ash (wt Specific Energy Calibration set Unknowns %, db) (MJ/kg) ______________________________________ A, C, F (90 samples) A, C, F 1.05 -- A, C 0.43 -- A 0.47 -- C 0.38 -- F 1.72 -- A, C (60 samples) A, C 0.50 0.11 A 0.52 0.09 C 0.48 0.13 A (30 samples) A 0.59 0.48 C (30 samples) C 0.58 0.31 F (30 samples) F 2.17 -- ______________________________________
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